Rice University
Office of the President MS-1
6100 Main Street
Houston , Texas 77005
Telephone 713.348.5050
email: president@rice.edu
| Date | Company/School | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 2004- |
RICE UNIVERSITY Course taught: The Legal Framework of Religious Tolerance |
HOUSTON, TEXAS |
| 1989-2004 |
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW Subjects Taught (since 1983): International Economic Law, International Trade, Human Rights, International Law, Privacy, Torts, Corporate Finance, International Corporate Finance President, Columbia Community Services, a charitable organization at Columbia which raises funds from Columbia University faculty and employees for the benefit of neighborhood organizations which provide needed services. |
NEW YORK, NEW YORK |
|
1992-1993 (Winter) |
UNIVERSITÄT BIELEFELD |
BIELEFELD, GERMANY |
| 1983-1989 |
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW |
|
| 1981-1983 |
CLEARY, GOTTLIEB, STEEN & HAMILTON |
NEW YORK, NEW YORK |
| 1980 |
UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW |
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA |
| 1979 |
JUDGE SHIRLEY M. HUFSTEDLER |
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA |
| School | Location |
|---|---|
|
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL |
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS |
|
HARVARD COLLEGE |
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS |
Council on Foreign Relations
Association of American Universities (Board of Directors, Vice Chair)
Elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2016)
COFHE (Consortium on Financing Higher Education) (Chair, Board of Directors, 2015-)
Internet2 Board of Trustees (2010-), Chair (2015-)
National Security Higher Education Advisory Board
NCAA Board of Governors (2013- 2016) and Division I Board of Directors (2012-2016 )
IMAX Corporation (Board of Directors)
Greater Houston Partnership (Board of Directors)
BioHouston (Board of Directors)
Harvard Law School Visiting Committee (2004-2010)
KIPP Foundation (National Board of Directors, 2009-2013)
KIPP Houston Board of Trustees
Commission on Federal Election Reform (2005-06, co-chaired by President Jimmy Carter and Sec. James Baker)
Jacobs University Bremen (Board of Directors)
Member of Delegation led by Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings to Japan, Korea and China (2006)
Recipient: Commandeur de l'Ordre National du Mérite [awarded by Government of France and presented by Ambassador of France to the United States]; Encomienda de la Orden de la Isabel la Católica [awarded by government of Spain]; Wm. Penn Charter School Alumni Award of Merit; Honorary Degree from Nankai University (Tianjin, China); Honorary Professor of Tianjin University; International Executive of the Year awarded by Greater Houston Partnership; Roy M. Huffington Award for Contributions to International Understanding from Asia Society Texas; Distinguished Friend of China award presented by Chinese Civic Center of Greater Houston Chinese Community
Selected Activities before becoming President of Rice University:
American Association of Law Schools (Nomination Committee, 2003)
American Bar Association (member, Standards Review Committee)
American Law Deans Association (Board of Directors)
American Law Institute (ex officio)
American Society of International Law
Association of the Bar of the City of New York (formerly on the Committee on International Affairs)
Foundation Press (Editorial Board)
New York State Judicial Institute on Professionalism in the Law.
Bar admissions (inactive): Hawaii, New York, Pennsylvania
Linkage, 96 Amer. J. Int’l Law 621 (2002).
Regulatory Discrimination in Domestic United States Law: A Model for the GATS? (OECD paper 2002)
The Philosophy of Legal Education, 19 Nihon Univ. J. Comp. L. 115 (2002)
Human Rights (Foundation Press 1999) (with Henkin, Neuman and Orentlicher)
Mutual Recognition: Structure, Problems and Prospects (OECD paper 1997).
Implementing the Uruguay Round in the United States, in Jackson and Sykes (eds.), Implementing the Uruguay Round (Oxford University Press, 1997).
Harmonization: A Theoretical Framework, Canadian Business Law Journal (1996).
Lying Down with Procrustes: An Analysis of Harmonization Claims, in Bhagwati and Hudec (eds.), Fair Trade and Harmonization (MIT Press 1996).
An Overview of the Uruguay Round Results, Aktuelle Juristische Praxis, 9/95, p. 1137 (1995), and 34 Columbia J. Transnational Law 11 (1995).
Non-tariff Trade Barriers: Technical Barriers to Trade, in Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research, Conference Series No. Workshop on the Multilateral Trade Negotiations of GATT (1992).
“Computers”, in Encyclopedia of the American Constitution (1992) (with Rochelle Dreyfuss).
Limited Liability, Tort Victims and Creditors, 91 Colum. L. Rev. 1565 (1991).
A Game Theoretic Approach to the Regulation of Foreign Direct Investment and the Multinational Corporation, 60 Univ. Cincinnati L. Rev. 305 (1991).
The Right to Privacy’s Place in the Intellectual History of Tort Law, 41 Case W. Res. L. Rev. 769 (1991).
An Introduction to Products Liability Law: Issues and Trends, 1990 Annual Survey of American Law 395 (1991).
First Things First: A Comment on Securitizing Third World Debt, 1989 Colum. Bus. L. Rev. 173
Final Moments: Damages for Pain and Suffering Prior to Death, 64 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 256 (1989).
An Introduction to Products Liability: Origins, Theory, Issues and Trends, in R. Zäch, US and EEC Product Liability: Issues and Trends (1989).
Foreword: Privacy and Information Technology, 1986 Ann. Surv. Am. L. 495 (with Rochelle Dreyfuss).
Games Corporations Play: A Theory of Tender Offers, 61 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 153 (1986).
Defense Strategies in Proxy Contests, in D. Bloch & H. Pitt, Hostile Battles for Corporate Control, Vol. 1 (with C. Nathan and B. Steinfeld).
Comment, Double Deductions in the Context of Affiliated Corporations: Textron, Inc. v. United States, 91 Harv. L. Rev. 692 (1978).
Book reviews: Asian Wall Street Journal, American Journal of International Law.
Invited speaker at symposia and conferences on international education, digital education, international trade law, foreign investment, harmonization, product liability, privacy, corporate law, tort law, and legal education.
Leveraged Leasing, Aircraft Financing, Tender Offers, Private Placements, Asset Backed Financing, Corporate Debt Restructuring, International Debt Restructuring, Project Finance. Litigation experience in financial fraud. Arbitrator in securities fraud case.
Excellent German and fair French.
Married to Y. Ping Sun; two children, Daniel (19 years) and Mei (16 years).
